Harness-girth



(No Model.)

J. MGGUIRE.

HARNESS GIRTH.

NOQ 299,995.

ented June' 10, 1884.

:15 ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICEQ JAMES MCGUIRE, OF BENSON,VERMONT.

HARNESS-GIRTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,995, dated June10,,1884.

Application filed October 20, 1883.

To wZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES McGUIRE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Benson, in the county of Rutland and State of Vermont, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Girths, of whichthe following is a specification, reference ,being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention has relation to improvements in harness-girths; and itconsists in the construction and novel arrangement of the same, wherebyone girth may be used on the harness for securing the harness-saddle andthills of a vehicle, thus dispensing with a second girth for securingthe thills, all as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

The annexed drawing, to which reference is made, fully illustratesmyi-nvention, in which the figure represents a plan view of my device.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawing, A designates aharness-girth,which is provided at each end with abuckle, at, having across-bar, b, on which the tongue rests, and at the extreme end of saidbuckle is a cross-bar, c, to which is secured one end of astrap, d, theouter or free end of which is looped around the thills, and the endthereof is secured to a (No model.)

buckle, e, 011 said strap. The saddle-straps of the harness are securedto the girth A by 30 the buckles a, secured to said girth, and both thesaddle and thill or end straps, I, pass through loops 9 g.

Itwill be observed from the above description that by my construction Iam enabled to 3 5 dispense with the second girth commonly used onharness. At the same time it is durable and cheap to manufacture.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

As an improvement in harness-girths, the combination, with the buckle a,secured to the ends of the girth A and provided with the cross-bar c, ofthe thill-strapsd, one end se- 5 cured to said cross-bare, and thebuckle e, the free end of the straps d adapted to pass around thethills, the whole constructed and arranged as shown, described, and forthe purposes specified. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J AMES MoGUIRE. \Vitnesses:

GEO. M. FULLER, PATRICK MALEY.

